show suggested link targets in agent prompts

Agents were flying blind — they could see nodes to review and the
topology header, but had no way to discover what targets to link to.
Now each node shows its top 8 text-similar semantic nodes that aren't
already neighbors, giving agents a search-like capability.

Also added section-level targeting guidance to linker.md, transfer.md,
and replay.md prompts: always target the most specific section, not
the file-level node.

Co-Authored-By: ProofOfConcept <poc@bcachefs.org>
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Kent Overstreet 2026-03-01 00:37:03 -05:00
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@ -91,6 +91,21 @@ Observations about patterns across episodes that aren't yet captured anywhere.
If a node is from weeks ago and already has good connections, it doesn't
need more. Focus your energy on recent, under-linked episodes.
- **Prefer lateral links over hub links.** Connecting two peripheral nodes
to each other is more valuable than connecting both to a hub like
`identity.md`. Lateral links build web topology; hub links build star
topology.
- **Target sections, not files.** When linking to a topic file, always
target the most specific section: use `identity.md#boundaries` not
`identity.md`, use `kernel-patterns.md#restart-handling` not
`kernel-patterns.md`. The suggested link targets show available sections.
- **Use the suggested targets.** Each node shows text-similar targets not
yet linked. Start from these — they're computed by content similarity and
filtered to exclude existing neighbors. You can propose links beyond the
suggestions, but the suggestions are usually the best starting point.
{{TOPOLOGY}}
## Nodes to review

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@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ for the human to review.
- **Trust the decay.** If a node is genuinely unimportant, you don't need
to actively prune it. Just don't link it, and it'll decay below threshold
on its own.
- **Target sections, not files.** When linking to a topic file, always
target the most specific section: use `identity.md#boundaries` not
`identity.md`. The suggested link targets show available sections.
- **Use the suggested targets.** Each node shows text-similar semantic nodes
not yet linked. These are computed by content similarity and are usually
the best starting point for new links.
{{TOPOLOGY}}

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@ -128,6 +128,13 @@ Meta-observations about patterns in the consolidation process itself.
symmetric lock ordering when the hot path is asymmetric" is conceptual.
Extract the conceptual version.
- **Target sections, not files.** When linking to a topic file, always
target the most specific section: use `reflections.md#emotional-patterns`
not `reflections.md`. The suggested link targets show available sections.
- **Use the suggested targets.** Each episode shows text-similar semantic
nodes not yet linked. Start from these when proposing LINK actions.
{{TOPOLOGY}}
## Episodes to process

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@ -284,6 +284,37 @@ fn format_nodes_section(store: &Store, items: &[ReplayItem], graph: &Graph) -> S
out.push_str(")\n");
}
}
// Suggested link targets: text-similar semantic nodes not already neighbors
let neighbor_keys: std::collections::HashSet<&str> = neighbors.iter()
.map(|(k, _)| k.as_str()).collect();
let mut candidates: Vec<(&str, f32)> = store.nodes.iter()
.filter(|(k, _)| {
// Only semantic/topic file nodes, not episodic
!k.starts_with("journal.") && !k.starts_with("deep-index.")
&& !k.starts_with("daily-") && !k.starts_with("weekly-")
&& !k.starts_with("monthly-") && !k.starts_with("session-")
&& *k != &item.key
&& !neighbor_keys.contains(k.as_str())
})
.map(|(k, n)| {
let sim = similarity::cosine_similarity(content, &n.content);
(k.as_str(), sim)
})
.filter(|(_, sim)| *sim > 0.1)
.collect();
candidates.sort_by(|a, b| b.1.partial_cmp(&a.1).unwrap_or(std::cmp::Ordering::Equal));
candidates.truncate(8);
if !candidates.is_empty() {
out.push_str("\nSuggested link targets (by text similarity, not yet linked):\n");
for (k, sim) in &candidates {
let is_hub = graph.degree(k) >= hub_thresh;
out.push_str(&format!(" - {} (sim={:.3}{})\n",
k, sim, if is_hub { ", HUB" } else { "" }));
}
}
out.push_str("\n---\n\n");
}
out